Winter Diamonds Quilts

quilts

a quilt composed of strip-pieced diamonds in blue and purple on a gray background

Years created: 2024-2025
Piecing technique: machine
Quilting technique: hand
Summary: I created “Winter Diamonds” templates based on other quilts I’d seen. Each square has a central wedge of background fabric and two wedges filled out with improv strip piecing. I cut strips from a set of fabrics, 0.75" to 2" wide. I tried marking all corner triangles, though my execution was a little uneven. Fabrics used include the Moda Grunge Basics line.

A quilt being held up for the viewer at a distance. The quilt is composed strip-pieced diamonds in blue and purple on a gray background. These diamonds come together to form interlocking cross shapes with a border of three diamonds around each edge. The effect is a bit like basic faceted cut stones.

Quilt blocks laid out on the floor. Each block has a wedge of gray in the center and two wedges of created through stripes. These come together to create a faceted impression

Closeup of the quilt. This shows quilting in the gray areas diagonally, creating an additional radiant effect with significantly more radials on the outer edge.

Back of the quilt. The fabric is mostly teal with gold dusting for emphasis. The quilting reflects diamond shapes of the front, connected by radiant diagonal lines. The bottom band of the quilt back is about one foot of dark teal

An angled view of the back with stitching a little more visible. The texturing created by the diamonds is especially visible.